Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Islands in the sea

16-a033314
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing islands in the sea. Reads "In Inland Sea."

Figures walking around a temple

16-a033313
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing figures walking around a temple

A woman in kago and two kago carriers

16-a033312
Item
ca. 1880 - 189-

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing a woman in a kago (litter, palanquin) and two male kago carriers taking a rest to smoke. A woman holding a fan wearing kimono sits on a cushion in a kago.

Kusakabe Kimbei (日下部金兵衛)

Ceremonial float

16-a033311
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing a parade float surrounded by people wearing ceremonial dress drawn by two oxen in front of buildings. Possibly Tanabata Festival

Professor Burton and Taihō

16-a033310
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing Professor Burton and Ōzutsu Man’emon also known as Taihō, the 18th Yokozuna, the highest ranked sumo wrestler, taken in Burton’s garden, ca. 1895. Reads, “Professor Burton and Taiho the Giant Wrestler.” Featured as Plate XII in Burton, W. K. Wrestlers and Wrestling in Japan. Tokyo: K. Ogawa, 1895.

Kajima Seibei (鹿島清兵衛)

Infantry, Tianjin, China. Late Meiji period.

16-a033309
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing six men standing outdoors posing for picture. Military personnel or police; reads, "Japs at Tientsin”.

Two young girls posing for picture

16-a033308
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing two young girls posing for picture. They are wearing ceremonial dress. Possibly by photographer Ogawa Kazumasa

Woman and two children kneeling in front of screens

16-a033307
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing a woman and two children kneeling in front of screens. They are wearing ceremonial dress. Possibly by photographer Ogawa Kazumasa